aprendió

Aprendió is the third-person singular preterite form of the Spanish verb aprender, meaning "to learn." It is used to describe a completed act of learning in the past and can refer to acquiring knowledge or a skill.

Conjugation: The infinitive is aprender. In the preterite, the forms are: yo aprendí, tú aprendiste, él/ella/usted aprendió, nosotros aprendimos, vosotros aprendisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes aprendieron. The form aprendió carries the stress on the final syllable and includes a written accent on the o to indicate correct pronunciation.

Usage and examples: It describes acquiring knowledge, a skill, or a lesson. It can be literal, such as "él aprendió español," or figurative, as in "aprendió la lección." In narrative, it often conveys events completed in the past. The phrase can also appear in constructions like "aprendió a + infinitive," meaning he/she learned to do something.

Etymology and related forms: Aprender comes from Latin apprehendere, meaning to seize or grasp, with a semantic extension to obtain knowledge. The forms of this verb share a regular -er verb preterite pattern, with orthographic stress marks that indicate pronunciation.

Usage notes: In everyday Spanish, aprendió is commonly used in storytelling and reports of past experiences. It is interchangeable with other preterite forms depending on the subject; however, it is specifically the third-person singular past tense form for él, ella, or usted.